Category: Chancellor

How about fixing the regulations rather than splitting the System and, for example, bringing back the rivalries that were reasons for creating the System in the first place?

It feels like a divorce, said one.The flagship university is “sailing away,” said another. The comments came from chancellors of University of Wisconsin System campuses who spoke Friday to the UW Board of Regents, concerned about a proposal that would split UW-Madison from the rest of the System. It is expected to be included in Gov. Scott Walker?s budget. The meeting pitted some of the System chancellors against UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin, who has argued in favor of the separation.

Gov. Scott Walker said on “Upfront with Mike Gousha” that he?d like to give all University of Wisconsin System campuses the flexibility that he is expected to offer UW-Madison in his budget. A proposal to separate UW-Madison from the rest of the System – giving the flagship its own 21-member board of trustees – has frustrated chancellors of other UW System schools and members of the UW Board of Regents who want to see all the campuses get the same freedom from state regulations. “I told the chancellors if we can work the members of the Joint Finance Committee and ultimately the Legislature, I?d like to see that expanded to give them flexibility all across the board throughout the state,” Walker said.

The most pressing issue before us is the prospect of deep budget cuts, after years of cuts to our budgets, without the tools we need to deal with the decline of state support.

MADISON, Wis. — What would it be like if the University of Wisconsin-Madison separated itself from the rest of the University of Wisconsin System? It?s a real possibility, and it was the topic of discussion at the UW Board of Regents meeting on Friday.

The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin?s flagship campus is sticking to her guns.

In what many had predicted would be a contentious meeting of the system?s Board of Regents, Carolyn A. (Biddy) Martin defended her support for a plan that would break the Madison campus away from the rest of the Wisconsin system, creating a new governing board and granting the flagship unique flexibility. The plan is expected to be part of a budget proposal Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, is set to unveil next week.

In nearly two hours in front of the UW Board of Regents, UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin made the case for splitting UW-Madison from the rest of the University of Wisconsin System, arguing it gives the university tools for maintaining quality amid deep budget cuts.

“I believe the biggest risk to UW-Madison is a 15 percent cut, a tuition cap, and no new tools,” Martin said. “I don?t know how you deal with that without being devastated.”

There were no fireworks and only a handful of tense moments Friday morning during a special meeting of the UW System?s Board of Regents to discuss UW-Madison?s possible split from the system.

“We want and need an open and frank discussion about a big new idea and one that has the potential to significantly change higher education in Wisconsin,” Charles Pruitt, the president of the Board of Regents, said in opening remarks.

A special meeting of the UW Board of Regents Friday will consider whether it would be wise for the UW-Madison to separate from the UW System.

Chancellor Biddy Martin, Vice Chancellor of Administration Darrell Bazzell, Dean of Students Lori Berquam and the Director of the Office of Human Resources Bob Lavigna held a live web chat for students and community members to have questions about the New Badger Partnership Thursday.

UW-Madison professor Bill Cronon fears that emotions are running high and that significant and lasting damage could be done to Wisconsin?s flagship institution during a special meeting of the Board of Regents on Friday to discuss the university?s possible split from the UW System.

Some members of the UW-Madison community are expressing concern that a UW Board of Regents meeting tomorrow could turn ugly.

UW-Madison athletics director Barry Alvarez expressed his support Thursday night for the New Badger Partnership.

In the wake of the University of Wisconsin chancellor detailing the separation of the Madison campus from the UW System, Board of Regents members have voiced concerns about how the split could negatively affect the other campuses.

Two days ago I, like every other person who?s enrolled in or works at UW-Madison, received an email from Chancellor Martin.  In this message, she forwarded a memo from UW System President Kevin Reilly, Regent President Chuck Pruitt, and Regent Vice President Michael Spector.  If you haven?t read it, the full message can be found here.

I?ll preface this by saying that I have no problems with differences of opinion. I work on Council and if you can?t deal with many opinions there, you?ve picked the wrong business. Being a student leader necessitates that I listen, and try to understand as many perspectives as possible before any sort of decision.  However, opinions do not equal lies.

Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), chairman of the state Assembly Colleges and Universities committee, sent a letter to UW System President Kevin Reilly Thursday that says he opposes a plan to split UW-Madison from the system.

UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin said Gov. Scott Walker?s plan to split UW-Madison from the UW System is the only one with political traction that would give the state?s flagship campus the freedom it needs to compete with other top research universities.

In the live chat that just concluded on the New Badger Partnership with Biddy Martin, Lori Berquam, Darrell Bazzell and others, many people brought up concern that Governor Walker would be able to appoint 11 of the 21 members of the proposed UW-Madison Board of Trustees. In addition the answer that Vice Chancellor Bazzell gave:

The possibility of UW-Madison breaking off from the UW System could have ripple, if not wave, effects on UW-Whitewater.

After rumors a possible split from the University of Wisconsin System may occur broke out last week, UW officials released documents Wednesday night detailing how a public authority university would function and be governed.

UW-Madison posted two papers Wednesday which shed a little more light on what breaking away from the rest of the University of Wisconsin System might mean.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker would appoint most members of the board that runs the University of Wisconsin-Madison, under a plan spelled out in a document released Wednesday by UW-Madison officials.

UW-Madison students do not pay tuition and place their diploma?s prestige on any other university than Madison. It?s nice that some people place a higher premium on keeping the UW System together, but at the end of the day ? kind of like the United Nations and international law ? our individual school?s autonomy is more important. We cannot sacrifice the quality of UW-Madison. The vast majority of UW-Madison students agree with this premise.

UW-Madison would be governed by a 21-member board of trustees ? 11 appointed by Gov. Scott Walker ? under a proposal likely to be included in Walker?s budget.

The UW Board of Regents will hold a special meeting Friday morning to discuss the possible separation of UW-Madison from the rest of the University of Wisconsin System. Calling for a “public conversation,” UW System leaders told UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin in a letter Tuesday that the effects of splitting off the flagship university would ripple across the state.

University of Wisconsin System administrators and chancellors are frustrated with a proposal to remove the system?s flagship school, UW-Madison, from the system.

Area teachers are setting a bad example for our children by skipping class. So many Madison teachers called in ?sick? for work that school officials canceled classes for a third straight day Friday…Those teachers who have ditched on their classes for one, two or in the case of the Madison district, three days should learn from another educator: UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin. Martin has kept UW-Madison open for educating young people despite this week?s dramatic demonstrations and politicking just blocks from her campus. Martin wrote on her Twitter account Wednesday night: The ?political process is very important, but this should not come at the cost of instruction.

UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin sent an e-mail Wednesday night to the UW System?s Board of Regents, and to other chancellors across the system, asking them not to oppose Wisconsin?s flagship university breaking away from the system.

The UW System is calling for Gov. Scott Walker to incorporate in his soon-to-be-introduced state budget an overhaul of the system?s ties to state government. The overhaul would allow the system greater control over setting tuition ? likely leading to ?significant increases,? says one expert ? as well as budgeting, purchasing and management of capital projects.

Leaders of the University of Wisconsin and UW System responded to the governor?s rumored budget plan which would separate the Madison campus from the other schools in the UW System.

Dear Members of the Board of Regents:
I write to explain why I have ventured as far as I have in promoting the ?New Badger Partnership? and why I have taken the steps I have taken. Let me begin by expressing my deep respect for the Regents, for your role in coordinating the campuses of the system, and for your efforts to do what you think best for all of our institutions.

A memo from University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin to a state official alludes Martin had prior knowledge of Gov. Scott Walker?s intent to provide UW with more flexibility.

Gov. Scott Walker?s budget may contain a provision to split UW-Madison from the rest of the University of Wisconsin System.

Education leaders in Wisconsin said Wednesday that the forthcoming two-year state budget Gov. Scott Walker will propose next week will lead to cuts that could spell the end of Milwaukee Public Schools as we know it and changes University of Wisconsin leaders say could split the flagship Madison campus off the university system.